Jotus

Jotus
Jotus auripes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Jotus L. Koch, 1881[1]
Type species
Jotus auripes L. Koch, 1881
Species
See text

Jotus is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders), native to Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia.[1][2][3] There are thought to be many as yet undescribed species in southern Australia.[2]

Species

As of December 2020^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

• Jotus albimanus Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Jotus auripes L. Koch, 1881 (type species) – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
• Jotus braccatus L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
• Jotus debilis L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Jotus fortiniae Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
• Jotus frosti Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – Australia (Victoria, South Australia)
• Jotus insulanus Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Island)
• Jotus karllagerfeldi Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
• Jotus maculivertex Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Kei Islands)
• Jotus minutus L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
• Jotus moonensis Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
• Jotus newtoni Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
• Jotus ravus (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
• Jotus remus Otto & Hill, 2016 – Australia (New South Wales)

References

1. "Jotus L. Koch , 1881 - Taxon details". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
2. Otto, Jürgen C; Hill, David E (2016). "Males of a new species of Jotus from Australia wave a paddle-shaped lure to solicit nearby females (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini)". Peckhamia. 133 (1): 1–39. ISSN 2161-8526.
3. Baehr, Barbara C.; Schubert, Joseph; Harms, Danilo (2019). "The Brushed Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from Eastern Australia". Evolutionary Systematics. 3 (1): 53–73. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.3.34496.